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E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. Records LMSS.V E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records LMSS.V This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on September 14, 2021. Description is written in: English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records LMSS.V Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Historical Note ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Content ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 5 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 5 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Correspondence ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Outgoing .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Incoming .................................................................................................................................................. 11 Accounts .................................................................................................................................................... 59 Special Papers .......................................................................................................................................... 156 Peter Bauduy vs. E.I. du Pont et al. ..................................................................................................... 156 Madame Bureaux de Pusy vs. E.I. du Pont et al. ................................................................................ 159 Minor Suits in Law and Company Controversies ................................................................................ 162 Documents, Memoirs, Drawings .......................................................................................................... 165 Patents for Explosives .......................................................................................................................... 171 Explosion Records ................................................................................................................................ 184 - Page 2 - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records LMSS.V Summary Information Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Creator: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Title: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records ID: LMSS.V Date [inclusive]: 1782-1902 Date [bulk]: 1802-1830 Physical Description: 27 Linear Feet General Physical 52 boxes Description note: Language of the French . Material: Abstract: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was organized in Paris in 1801 by Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) and his son Eleuthère Irénée "E.I." du Pont (1771-1834) for the manufacture of gunpowder. Included here are records of the firm collected by P.S. du Pont and separated from the main body of company records. ^ Return to Table of Contents Historical Note E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was organized in Paris in 1801 by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) and his son Eleuthère Irénée "E.I." du Pont (1771-1834). The next year, E.I. du Pont purchased a mill site on the banks of the Brandywine River just north of Wilmington, Delaware, and began making preparations to establish a black powder manufactory. During the winter of 1802 to 1803, E.I. du Pont recruited a small workforce and began building the company's mills. By the spring of 1804, the powder was being produced, and the company had secured a commitment from President Thomas Jefferson to purchase DuPont gunpowder for the Army and Navy. With this contract in place, the company started to recruit immigrant Irish workers for the mills and hired its first independent sales agents. During the War of 1812, the DuPont Company became a major supplier of gunpowder for the U.S. government as its total sales exceeded 500,000 pounds. After the war, the company expanded as it began selling large quantities of powder to coal mine operators and railroad entrepreneurs. In 1837 Henry du Pont (1812-1889), E.I. du Pont's son, took over the management of the company and began to rationalize - Page 3- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records LMSS.V the company's managerial practices. During the Civil War, DuPont became the largest supplier of powder for the Union Army, and in the late 1860s and 1870s, it used its wartime profits to purchase control of many of its competitors. In 1872 DuPont organized the Gunpowder Trade Association, which acted as a cartel to limit competition and raise prices. In the late 1880s and early 1890s, the company began experimenting with smokeless powder, and it purchased the rights to distribute dynamite in America from Alfred Nobel. By the late nineteenth century, the company was beginning to lose market share as its mills were becoming obsolete. In 1899 DuPont incorporated and began to modernize its mills and rationalize its archaic management structure. Throughout the 1900s and 1910s, the company shifted its focus away from gunpowder production and towards chemistry innovations. ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Content The collection consists of records of the firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company collected by P.S. du Pont and separated from the main body of company records. Series I. contains correspondence with over 500 individuals and firms, including customers, suppliers, sales agents, and shippers, and between the partners and the employees of the firm. The letters between E.I. du Pont and Peter Bauduy contain much detail about the establishment and early progress of the company. This series also contains a diary of Lammot du Pont and copies of his letters during a business trip to Europe (1858), giving an account of refineries and powder factories in England, France, Belgium, and Prussia. Series II. consists of accounts covering sales, production, supplies, construction, and real estate. Of particular interest are the itemized statements prepared by E.I. du Pont or Raphael Du Planty to explain the financial affairs of the company to its foreign stockholders. Series III. consists of special papers relating to several lawsuits, including that of Peter Bauduy (1815-1829) charging mismanagement, that of Madame Bureaux de Pusy over dividends, and other suits against employees for pirating tools and techniques. Other papers relate to the organization of the company, contracts, and land and water rights. Memos and reports on operations include an examination by Lammot du Pont of the powder mills at Dartford, England (1851), lists of workmen at the Brandywine Works, patents for improvements in explosives, and a record of accidents and explosions at Brandywine (1815-1902). ^ Return to Table of Contents - Page 4- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records LMSS.V Administrative Information Publication Statement Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Provenance Gift of Pierre S. du Pont ^ Return to Table of Contents Controlled Access Headings • Gunpowder industry • Correspondence. • Financial statements • Powder mills Collection Inventory Correspondence, 1802-1891bulk 1802-1815 Scope and Content This series includes letters sent and received by over 550 correspondents, with the heaviest concentration between the years 1802-1815. Of special interest are those between the partners, E.I. du Pont and Peter Bauduy; these letters contain many details about the establishment and early progress of the company. Other important correspondents (with the number of their letters indicated) include: Anthony Charles Cazenove (156), William Cornell (165), Gareschés & Ravesies (105), Anthony Girard (239), Archibald McCall (379), and Mitchel & Sheppard (102). Outgoing, 1802-1876 Title/Description Instances - Page 5- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records LMSS.V Ferdinand Bauduy to Peter Bauduy, 1807-1810 box 1 Peter Bauduy to Charles Dalmas, 1808-1812undated box 1 Peter Bauduy to Raphael Du Planty, 1806-1814 box 1 Peter Bauduy to E.I. du Pont, 1802-1814undated box 1 James Antoine Bidermann to Alfred V. du Pont, 1837 box 1 James Antoine Bidermann to E.I. du Pont, 1814-1828 box 1 Raphael Du Planty to Peter Bauduy, 1806 box 1 Raphael Du Planty to E.I. du Pont, 1806-1823undated box 1 Alexis I. du Pont to Alfred V. du Pont, 1837 box 1 Charles I. du Pont to E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1891 box 1 Charles I. du Pont to Eugene du Pont, 1890-1891 box 1 Éleuthère Irénée du Pont to Alfred V. du Pont, 1820 box 1 Éleuthère Irénée du Pont to Peter Bauduy, 1804-1808 box 1 Éleuthère Irénée du Pont to Raphael Du Planty, 1809-1816 box 1 Printed notice of admittance to partnership in E.I. du Pont de box 1 Nemours & Co. of Henry du Pont and Alexis I. du Pont, with their signatures, 1837 April A.J. 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